10 Dec 2014

Speed blogging

The US Conference of Mayors complains that EPA regulations "unfairly burden" poor households [pdf] and ask for "more flexibility" in implementing those regulations. I don't blame the EPA, but cities that charge for improvements through fixed charges instead of (1) property taxes and/or (2) "scarcity [of clean water] surcharges" -- both of which would fall on the rich more than the poor. On the latter's progressive structure, read this post